Guided notes---pages 332-339
1. Macbeth is referred to as the __________________because it is thought to be ____________.
One misfortune that began this idea is______________________________________________.
2. The first performance was held before________________________. Most performances were
held, though, in the ____________________Theater.
3. What were ‘groundlings?’
4. How did actors portray different times of day? Why did they use these props and what sort of
props would they use?
5. Actors had immoral reputations due to
6. The Globe was destroyed by____________________in __________________________.
7. __________________and the ________________________________shut down the theater
because they thought it was a ____________________ _____________________ __
________________.
8. Read “Theater Staging.”
9. During Middle Ages, Elizabethan drama focused on __________________________________.
10. During the Renaissance, came a _________________of interest in _________________ and
_________________ dramas.
11. Define comedy.
12. Define tragedy.
13. Define history.
14. What is tragedy, according to Aristotle’s definition?
15. Define catharsis.
16. Define hubris.
17. Define chorus.
18. List at least 2 characteristics for each:
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a. Tragic hero
b. Plot
c. Theme
Shakespearian tragedy differs from classic Greek tragedy because Shakespeare used the device
of __________________________ ________________________.
Macbeth is a ___________drama because the dialogue in the play consists almost entirely of
__________________ with a fixed pattern of __________________________,
or______________________.
A soliloquy is__________________________________________________________.
An aside
is_____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Irony is
Dramatic irony is
Define foreshadowing.
Give one detail from each:
a. Grammatical forms
b. Unusual word order
c. Unfamiliar vocabulary
Read pages 338-339.